Austin Munns

Senior DDI & Network Engineer with over 8 years of enterprise experience administering, scaling, and modernizing hybrid IPAM, DNS, and DHCP infrastructures.

Certified

Infoblox DDI Professional and DNS Security Professional with extensive expertise in NIOS Grid architecture, multi-site routing/switching, cloud networking (Azure/AWS), and perimeter firewalls. Proven track record executing network upgrades, disaster recovery planning, automation via REST APIs, and maintaining high-availability enterprise services.

Senior Network Engineer / Lead Infoblox Administrator at SAIC (2022-06 – Present)

• Lead the daily administration, maintenance, and expansion of multi-site Infoblox NIOS Grids, maintaining 99.99% uptime across enterprise DDI infrastructure.
• Configure, maintain, and troubleshoot core routing and switching topologies utilizing BGP, OSPF, VLANs, and trunking across data center and office environments.
• Manage and configure Palo Alto Next-Generation Firewalls (NGFW), including Security Policies, NAT rules, URL filtering, and IPS threat prevention.
• Administer Cisco ISE (Identity Services Engine) to enforce Network Access Control (NAC), dynamic VLAN assignment, and radius authentication policies.
• Spearhead DDI modernization projects, including legacy Windows DNS to Infoblox migrations, cloud platform integrations (Azure/AWS), and datacenter IPAM expansion.
• Perform hardware refreshes, OS patching, database backups, and disaster recovery planning while maintaining strict network health checks and capacity planning.
• Automate routine administrative workflows, IP allocations, and reporting by writing custom Python and PowerShell scripts leveraging Infoblox REST APIs.
• Configure SNMP-based monitoring, health checks, and alerting integrated with enterprise platforms like Splunk and Datadog for proactive network troubleshooting.
• Enforce DNS security governance across the infrastructure by deploying DNSSEC, Response Policy Zones (RPZ), and threat intelligence feeds.

Cyber Systems Operator at United States Air Force (2018-09 – 2022-06)

• Managed enterprise network infrastructure, TCP/IP configurations, switches, and core DDI services across secure military environments under strict OSEC protocols.
• Executed core network troubleshooting, hardware upgrades, IOS software patching, and system integrations on strict operational timelines.
• Maintained network security compliance, access control lists (ACLs), and firewall rule sets in accordance with defense standards.

Bachelor of Science in Information Technology – Western Governors University